Firas Alrawi
@uobaghdad.edu.iq
University of Baghdad
Scopus Publications
- DEVELOPMENT OF A PARKING INDEX FOR BAGHDAD CITY BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
Firas ALRAWI, Hamid Ahmed AWAD, Khalid Hardan MHANA
Transport Problems, 2026
A systematic plan employing two analytical methodologies—an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP)—was executed to pinpoint the various districts in Baghdad deemed most suitable for establishing new parking structures. These methods were applied to evaluate and weight multiple decision criteria, including district area, amenities, land price, car ownership, traffic volume, and road density. The weighted outcomes were subsequently represented using geographic information system (GIS) mapping tools, which served primarily for spatial visualization and presentation purposes rather than for computational spatial analysis. Within the 63 districts that constitute the urban landscape of Baghdad, the analytical outcomes derived from the AHP and FAHP methodologies revealed that car ownership (25%) and district area (23%) exert the strongest influences on parking site suitability, followed by land price (18%), amenities (15%), traffic volume (13%), and road density (6%). The spatial representation in the GIS showed that approximately 8.1% (AHP) and 12.3% (FAHP) of Baghdad’s total area possesses very high suitability for parking development, whereas 34.9% (AHP) and 73.2% (FAHP) are categorized as low suitability zones. This study highlights the applicability of the AHP and FAHP in developing a parking index that can assist municipal authorities in prioritizing suitable districts for parking investments. The use of GIS in this work was limited to visualizing the analytical results to support better communication and understanding of spatial distribution patterns within the city. - AHP-BASED CONSTRUCTION OF A SMART SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INDEX FOR THE RAMADI DISTRICTS
Hamid Ahmed AWAD, Khalid Hardan MHANA, Firas ALRAWI, Grzegorz SIERPIŃSKI, Marcin STANIEK
Transport Problems, 2025
This study presents the analytical hierarchy process method to evaluate the impact of social, economic, environmental, traffic, and road criteria on the smart sustainable transportation index. Several incremental steps comprise the strategy for finding a solution. Initially, we establish the criteria used to evaluate sustainability. This method utilizes the analytical hierarchy process to organize and evaluate the criteria. During the second phase, we evaluate the viability of the transportation measure and collect data from various sources, including government reports, environmental reports, transportation department reports, and field surveys. This information has been gathered expressly to evaluate certain criteria. We use a smart, sustainable transportation index to determine the level of sustainability that the city possesses during the third phase of the project. In the fourth phase, we assess the impact that the specified criteria have on the score of the smart sustainable transportation index. These factors include population (C1), car ownership (C2), air pollution (C3), traffic volume (C4), and road density (C5). The sensitivity analysis revealed that traffic volume (C4) is the most influential criterion, while population (C1) has the weakest impact on the final index score. With a value of 9.33%, the Al-Nasr district has the most impact on the smart sustainable transportation index, while the Euthman Bin Eafaan district has the weakest influence (9.77%). - Editorial: Trends to promote active transport in future cities
Firas Alrawi, Grzegorz Sierpiński, Sui Yu Yau, Abdelwehab Alwehab
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2024 - Optimal Parking Location in Ramadi City Using Analytic Hierarchy Process and GIS Applications
Khalid Hardan Mhana, Hamid Ahmed Awad, Firas Alrawi, Maher Zuhair Mohammed
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2024 - Smart metaphor in urban scene development
Abbas Mohammed Redha Mahmoud, Firas Thamer Hamoudi
Aip Conference Proceedings, 2023 - 3rd International Conference on Smart Cities and Sustainable Planning (SCSP 2022)
Ahmed J. Obaid, Firas Thamer Al-Rawi
Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 2023
SCSP_2022 Conference Proceeding is the 3rd edition of the SCSP Conference series; this volume Involved Our Peer-Reviewed Papers that are reviewed and presented through this Conference which focuses on Smart Cities and Sustainable Planning; SCSP 2022 is held in a Hybrid manner at the Center of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Baghdad, Iraq, 26-27 April 2022. SCSP aims to latest and new trends in topics covered under broad areas such as Smart Cities and Urban Planning. Many cities have made a qualitative leap in their different living systems through several technical systems and applications that have entered various areas of life. Therefore, it has become an essential issue to study the technical elements involved in planning and designing modern cities to transform them into smart cities. It uses information and communication technology to make the components of cities, infrastructure, facilities, and services more effective and interactive with people to reach cooperative cities that achieve maximum benefits for the residents. Our Conference addresses the issue of new city designs and the development of existing contemporary cities based on modern standards that stimulate technological growth and scientific progress by introducing artificial intelligence into the urban environment. To ensure a high quality of life for its residents and meet the basic needs to achieve social, economic, and environmental well-being. All submitted papers are based on double-blind reviews. Only accepted papers based on reviewers’ comments and editorial board decisions will be considered for possible publication in our Conference Proceeding with IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). SCSP Conference got significant interest from authors from many countries like the UK, Poland, France, India, Syria, and others. The authors have successfully presented their works and attended our conference sessions Via ZOOM Software. Conference Sessions were managed by our scientific and organizing committee members, who answered all the questions attendees or Session chairs asked. We successfully held this Conference within 2-Days (26 and 27 April 2022); on the first day, we successfully listened to the keynote speakers’ presentations; then, 6 sessions started from 12:30 pm in Iraq Standard Time till 02:30 pm, and the total number of papers presented on the first day was 30 papers, 5 papers for each Session. We want to thank all our session chairs for their hard work and attend our (6) sessions over two days and more than 6 hours per day to deliver the presented outcomes successfully. List of Venue of the Conference, Conference Chairs, Conference Editors, Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Invited Speakers, Organizing Institutions, Conference Partners are available in this Pdf. - COMPLETE STREET AS A KEY FOR URBAN ENVIROMENT DEVELOPMENT
Firas Alrawi, Hussam Nssaif
Revista De Gestao Social E Ambiental, 2023
Purpose: The concept of complete street is one of the modern trends concerned with diversifying means of transportation and reducing the disadvantages of mechanical transportation modes. This paper discusses the role of complete streets can play in developing the urban environment in the Alyarmok District of Baghdad.
 
 Method/design/approach: The linear regression method used to analyze the opinions of 100 respondents surveyed in the study area in order to find the relationship between the urban environment and the complete street elements.
 
 Theoretical framework: The Modern trends in urban planning aim to find alternatives to the policies of traditional transportation planning that focus on vehicular mobility.
 
 Results and conclusion: This paper concluded that the implementation of a complete street strategy in the study area will lead to the development of urban environments.
 
 Research implications: Encouraging street users to switch to active and public transportation and reduce dependence on vehicles.
 
 Originality/value: This paper can contribute to finding solutions to problems of urban environment degradation, which suffers from traffic congestion and its associated problems. - Sustainable communities rating system within the context of Iraqi cities characteristics
Abdelwehab A Alwehab, Firas Alrawi, Falah Almosawi
Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 2023
Rating systems for evaluating the sustainability of communities are an essential tool that is increasingly applied throughout the developed world to set criteria indicators to optimize the physical, social, economic, and environmental potential within such communities. Rating systems vary based on existing disparities among societies and their unique building and physical planning practices. Iraqi cities lacked the adaptation of a formal methodology or sustainability rating system to correctly measure the built environment’s sustainability indicators. This research attempts to review the most substantial rating systems to measure the sustainability of communities worldwide to form a point of departure. In conclusion, the Article attempts to delineate relevant parameters to develop a local model to evaluate the suitability levels of communities in urban centres per regional environmental characteristics. - Evaluation the Level of Service of Signalized Intersection: Al-Amreia Intersection as a Case Study
Noor A. Rajab, Hamid A. Awad, Firas Alrawi
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2022
One of the main element in the network is the intersection which consider as the critical points because there are many conflict in this element. The capability and quality of operation of an intersection was assessed to provide a better understanding of the network's traffic efficiency. In Baghdad city, the capital of/Iraq the majority of the intersections are operated under the congestion status and with level of service F, therefore theses intersection are consider as high spot point of delay in the network of Baghdad city. In this study we selected Al-Ameria signalized intersection as a case study to represent the delay problem in the intersections in Baghdad. The intersection is located in the west of Bagdad city, this intersection realizes a huge traffic, and there are a lot of tourist attractions near to the study area. The aim of this research is to enhance traffic operations, improve the level of service and decrease the delay in Al-Ameria signalized intersection by examine four suggested alternative. Special teams with a special tools are collected traffic and geometric data for the intersection. HCS 2010 program are used in this study to measure the delay and evaluate the level of service in each approach and for the hall of the intersection. The result of this study show that the intersection is operated under the breakdown condition with level of service F for all approaches. The results highlighted that the fourth alternative is the best suitable suggestion to enhance the level of service for the intersection. The fourth alternative recommended to construct a flyover from the North bound towards the South bound the level of service improve from F to C for the base year and for the target year. - Factors Affecting the Choice of Transportation for School Trips
Firas Alrawi, Faisal A. Mohammed
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2021 - Evaluating the Efficiency of Regional Transport Network
Firas Alrawi, Faisal A. Mohammed
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2021 - Community Participation Towards Sustainability Enhancement of Transportation Sector for Baghdad City
Firas Alrawi, Khalid Alwani, Hamid Alacash, Seda Mesrop
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021 - Implementing a Super Decisions Software (SDS) in a Transport Sector
Nabil T. Ismael, Areej Muhy Abdulwahab, Firas T. Alrawi, Khaldoon Abdulqader Alqessi
Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering Csase 2020, 2020 - Analysis of the relationship between traffic accidents with human and physical factors in iraq
Firas Alrawi, Amna Ali
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2020 - The application of bus rapid transit system in the city of Baquba and its impact on reducing daily trips
Firas Alrawi, Yagoob Hadi
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2020 - Suggested Solutions to Reduce Traffic Congestion During Rush Hours in Al-Jadriya Intersection
Firas Alrawi, Yousif Naji, Khaleel AlSaffar
Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure, 2020 - THE IMPACT OF SHIFTING TOWARDS ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD, AL-JADRIYA CAMPUS (UBAC)
Firas ALRAWI, Ali ALALI, Sarah ALAA, Shurooq SAAD, Araz AMEER
Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology Series Transport, 2019 - The importance of intelligent transport systems in the preservation of the environment and reduction of harmful gases
Firas Alrawi
Transportation Research Procedia, 2017
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- AHP-BASED CONSTRUCTION OF A SMART SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INDEX FOR THE RAMADI DISTRICTS.
HA AWAD, KH MHANA, F ALRAWI, G SIERPIŃSKI, M STANIEK
Transport Problems: an International Scientific Journal 20 (4) , 2025
2025 - Optimal Parking Location in Ramadi City Using Analytic Hierarchy Process and GIS Applications
KH Mhana, HA Awad, F Alrawi, MZ Mohammed
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice, 61-75 , 2024
2024 - Environmental Impact of Motorized Transportation for School Commutes
F Alrawi, F Mohammed
International Symposium in Environmental Science and Industrial Ecology, 215-225 , 2024
2024
Citations: 1 - Trends to promote active transport in future cities
F Alrawi, G Sierpiński, SY Yau, A Alwehab
Frontiers in Built Environment 10, 1467563 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Transportation planning opportunities for Al-Jadriya intersection through city information modelling techniques
F Alrawi, MA Abbas
Transportation , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Complete Street as a Key for Urban Environment Development
F Alrawi, H Nssaif
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 17 (8), e04027-e04027 , 2023
2023
Citations: 3 - Smart metaphor in urban scene development
AMR Mahmoud, FT Hamoudi
3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE PLANNING, AIP … , 2023
2023 - 3 rd International Conference on Smart Cities and Sustainable Planning (SCSP 2022)
AJ Obaid, FT Al-Rawi
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1129 (1), 011001 , 2023
2023 - Sustainable communities rating system within the context of Iraqi cities characteristics
AA Alwehab, F Alrawi, F Almosawi
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1129 (1), 012014 , 2023
2023
Citations: 2 - Evaluation the level of service of signalized intersection: Al-AMREIA intersection as a case study
NA Rajab, HA Awad, F Alrawi
International Conference on Civil Engineering, 18-30 , 2021
2021
Citations: 5 - Evaluating the Efficiency of Regional Transport Network
F Alrawi, FA Mohammed
Decision Support Methods in Modern Transportation Systems and Networks, 23-38 , 2021
2021
Citations: 2 - Alternative development in the proposed model of the Strategy for Empowerment and Spatial Sustainable Development/Baghdad Governorate Council as a case study
امنة حسين صبري علي, فراس ثامر الراوي
Journal of planner and development 26 (1), 117-130 , 2021
2021 - Factors Affecting the Choice of Transportation for School Trips
F Alrawi, FA Mohammed
Research Methods in Modern Urban Transportation Systems and Networks, 105-115 , 2021
2021 - Community participation towards sustainability enhancement of transportation sector for Baghdad City
F Alrawi, K Alwani, H Alacash, S Mesrop
Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, 106-115 , 2020
2020
Citations: 6 - Implementing a Super Decisions Software (SDS) in a Transport Sector
NT Ismael, AM Abdulwahab, FT Alrawi, KA Alqessi
2020 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering … , 2020
2020
Citations: 3 - Analysis of the Relationship Between Traffic Accidents with Human and Physical
F Alrawi, A Ali
Modern Traffic Engineering in the System Approach to the Development of … , 2019
2019 - Suggested Solutions to Reduce Traffic Congestion During Rush Hours in Al-Jadriya Intersection
F Alrawi, Y Naji, K AlSaffar
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice, 16-26 , 2019
2019
Citations: 1 - The Application of Bus Rapid Transit System in the City of Baquba and Its Impact on Reducing Daily Trips
F Alrawi, Y Hadi
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice … , 2019
2019
Citations: 2 - Analysis of the relationship between traffic accidents with human and physical factors in iraq
F Alrawi, A Ali
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice … , 2019
2019
Citations: 6 - The impact of shifting towards eco-friendly transportation at the University of Baghdad, Al-Jadriya Campus (UBAC)
F Alrawi, A Alali, S Alaa, S Saad, A Ameer
Zeszyty Naukowe. Transport/Politechnika Śląska, 5-14 , 2019
2019
Citations: 1
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- The importance of intelligent transport systems in the preservation of the environment and reduction of harmful gases
F Alrawi
Transportation research procedia 24, 197-203 , 2017
2017
Citations: 42 - Community participation towards sustainability enhancement of transportation sector for Baghdad City
F Alrawi, K Alwani, H Alacash, S Mesrop
Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, 106-115 , 2020
2020
Citations: 6 - Analysis of the relationship between traffic accidents with human and physical factors in iraq
F Alrawi, A Ali
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice … , 2019
2019
Citations: 6 - Evaluation the level of service of signalized intersection: Al-AMREIA intersection as a case study
NA Rajab, HA Awad, F Alrawi
International Conference on Civil Engineering, 18-30 , 2021
2021
Citations: 5 - Measuring the relative importance of applying engineering solutions to urban traffic intersections: a planning perspective
F Alrawi
Zeszyty Naukowe. Transport/Politechnika Śląska , 2018
2018
Citations: 5 - Complete Street as a Key for Urban Environment Development
F Alrawi, H Nssaif
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 17 (8), e04027-e04027 , 2023
2023
Citations: 3 - Implementing a Super Decisions Software (SDS) in a Transport Sector
NT Ismael, AM Abdulwahab, FT Alrawi, KA Alqessi
2020 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering … , 2020
2020
Citations: 3 - Trends to promote active transport in future cities
F Alrawi, G Sierpiński, SY Yau, A Alwehab
Frontiers in Built Environment 10, 1467563 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Transportation planning opportunities for Al-Jadriya intersection through city information modelling techniques
F Alrawi, MA Abbas
Transportation , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Sustainable communities rating system within the context of Iraqi cities characteristics
AA Alwehab, F Alrawi, F Almosawi
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1129 (1), 012014 , 2023
2023
Citations: 2 - Evaluating the Efficiency of Regional Transport Network
F Alrawi, FA Mohammed
Decision Support Methods in Modern Transportation Systems and Networks, 23-38 , 2021
2021
Citations: 2 - The Application of Bus Rapid Transit System in the City of Baquba and Its Impact on Reducing Daily Trips
F Alrawi, Y Hadi
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice … , 2019
2019
Citations: 2 - The effect of the road systems on the city's urban fabric
F Al-Rawi
Master Thesis, Center of Urban and Regional Planning (University of Baghdad) , 2001
2001
Citations: 2 - Environmental Impact of Motorized Transportation for School Commutes
F Alrawi, F Mohammed
International Symposium in Environmental Science and Industrial Ecology, 215-225 , 2024
2024
Citations: 1 - Suggested Solutions to Reduce Traffic Congestion During Rush Hours in Al-Jadriya Intersection
F Alrawi, Y Naji, K AlSaffar
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice, 16-26 , 2019
2019
Citations: 1 - The impact of shifting towards eco-friendly transportation at the University of Baghdad, Al-Jadriya Campus (UBAC)
F Alrawi, A Alali, S Alaa, S Saad, A Ameer
Zeszyty Naukowe. Transport/Politechnika Śląska, 5-14 , 2019
2019
Citations: 1 - Localizing Imperatives of Sustainable Neighborhood Models: Iraqi Cities as a Case Study
A ALWEHAB, F ALRAWI, F ALMOSAWI
54th ISOCARP Congress , 2018
2018
Citations: 1 - AHP-BASED CONSTRUCTION OF A SMART SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INDEX FOR THE RAMADI DISTRICTS.
HA AWAD, KH MHANA, F ALRAWI, G SIERPIŃSKI, M STANIEK
Transport Problems: an International Scientific Journal 20 (4) , 2025
2025 - Optimal Parking Location in Ramadi City Using Analytic Hierarchy Process and GIS Applications
KH Mhana, HA Awad, F Alrawi, MZ Mohammed
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice, 61-75 , 2024
2024 - Smart metaphor in urban scene development
AMR Mahmoud, FT Hamoudi
3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE PLANNING, AIP … , 2023
2023
